portable

portable
▪ I. portable portable 2 noun [countable] COMPUTING
a computer that is light enough to be carried around:

• He set his portable to automatically check his electronic mail boxes.

  [m0] ▪ II. portable por‧ta‧ble 1 [ˈpɔːtəbl ǁ ˈpɔːr-] adjective
1. able to be carried or moved easily:

• a portable gas stove

2. COMPUTING portable software can be run on another computer system without changing it in any way:

• The applications will be portable across different graphical user interfaces.

— portability noun [uncountable]

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Ⅰ.
portable UK US /ˈpɔːtəbl/ adjective
► light and small enough to be easily carried or moved: »

The laptop's ultra compact design makes it extremely portable and practical.

► FINANCE used to describe a pension that you can move to another company, or a loan that you can use for a different purpose: »

It is one of the few countries to offer portable pensions, carried by employees from job to job.

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Our portable loans allow you to keep your mortgage with us even if you move house.

► IT, COMMUNICATIONS used to describe software, a phone number, etc. that can be moved to another system without it being changed: »

You can run these portable applications from removable drives such as flash drives, without having to install them.

Ⅱ.
portable UK US /ˈpɔːtəbl/ noun [C]
► a small machine, such as a small computer, that is easy to carry with you: »

We specialize in handheld PCs and other portables.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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